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Gail Schechter leading a press event outside Skokie Village Hall Monday. Lately, even when Skokie does the right thing it does it the wrong way. 
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“Real America doesn’t care about the January 6th Committee,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, tweeted Thursday. “Gas is over $5 per gallon!” 
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We are all in deep trouble in this country because of a hobby. People, mostly male, give all kinds of reasons that they need guns, but the truth is that…
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There’s a clamor to wake up Americans inured to the horror of murdered children by publishing pictures of some of the 19 kids shot to death Tuesday in…
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It was a brutal time to be in college. The brutality isn't over.
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Many people with whom I disagree seem illogical. I don’t feel that way about people who are “pro-life.” Other beliefs they may profess unrelated to…
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It’s your fault. Don’t blame the impending loss of abortion rights on arch-conservatives or religious fundamentalists. 
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When I was 19, the windshield wiper motor on my first car quit. I refused to replace it. I’d be damned if I was going to pamper a faded old Chevrolet…
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The examined life can be discouraging
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Democracy is at risk in Eastern Europe and the U.S., too
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Helen Gallagher would have liked last night's Oscars. Helen had two great passions in life. One was teaching the deaf and hard-of-hearing to speak. 
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